Chapter 637: Die Together
Aoiya Ryokan.
The other side.
When Shenbao Daxiong received the next guest and took the new guest to the front desk.
There was no one at the front desk.
——The innkeeper and Jiang Xia are nowhere to be found.
Based on the conversation he just overheard, Shenbao Daxiong thought bitterly that they were probably dealing with the mysterious suitcase left behind by the man in red.
Shenbao Daxiong was as anxious as a cat, but he could only be patient and complete the check-in procedures for the new guest.
After the guests left, his face became completely gloomy. His eyes fell on the registration book, staring at Jiang Xia's room number, and memorized those numbers firmly.
At this moment, his cell phone suddenly vibrated.
Shenbao Daxiong was thinking about what he was going to do next when his thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the ringing of a bell. He let out a displeased sound.
Then he took out his cell phone from the large pocket of his employee uniform, took two steps to a quiet place nearby, and answered the call.
A noisy voice came from the phone, and it sounded like a young man.
The man said in a loud voice: "Hello? I'm almost there! Is the inn owner you mentioned at the front desk? If he is, I'll go in directly later!"
"Oh, you don't have to come." Shenbao Daxiong snorted, "The real 'Jiang Xia' just happened to pass by here and has already talked to the boss. You, the fake one, can be laid off now."
After saying that, he hung up the phone angrily.
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A few years ago, Shenbao Daxiong was still a lazy gangster.
But now, he has been working in this store patiently for four years.
It was all for the suitcase that was now in Jiang Xia's hands.
——Five years ago, the man in red who came to the hotel alone and handed the suitcase and the curse letter to the owner was actually Shenbao Daxiong's former accomplice.
Five years ago, the two of them teamed up to rob a store and took away 100 million yen.
At that time, Shenbao Daxiong was responsible for attracting the police, while the man in red was responsible for transporting the money and escaping.
Later, when they were preparing to divide the spoils, Shenbao Daxiong thought about it and felt that he had paid more.
So when agreeing on a place to divide the loot, he deliberately chose the meeting place at the "Tou Shen Forest" which is famous as a "suicide sanctuary" - he planned to work overtime, kill his accomplices together, and then pocket the stolen money. This means that he would have an extra 50 million out of thin air.
However, it may be that Shenbao Daxiong chose the meeting place too straightforwardly.
The man in red noticed something was wrong.
So before going to the appointment, the man in red hid the stolen money and gave the suitcase with the location of the stolen money and a curse letter to the owner of a nearby inn for safekeeping.
At that time, if Shenbao Daxiong has a normal attitude, the two of them will happily take the money and divide the loot.
And if there is something wrong with the divine treasure Nobita, he will only receive a blood letter that says "curse you to death".
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On the day of the meeting, Kamiya Nobita brought a rope and impatiently strangled his accomplice worth 50 million yen, and disguised the man in red as if he had hanged himself.
After killing the man and searching the luggage, Shenbao Daxiong was shocked to find that the man in red did not bring any stolen money.
At this time, Shenbao Daxiong's accomplice was awakened - he easily guessed the red-clothed man's thoughts, and guessed that the red-clothed man might have deposited the stolen money in the nearby Aoi-ya Hotel.
So the next day, after disguising himself, Shenbao Daxiong went to Aoiya Hotel and lied that he was the assistant of the man in red and came to pick up his suitcase.
However, the innkeeper had already been warned by the man in red that if the person who came to pick up the suitcase was the man in red himself, he should give the suitcase to him.
And if it was someone else, then no matter what that person said, just give the curse letter and hide the matter of the suitcase.
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In the end, Nobita, the divine treasure disguised as a "big bearded man", only received a blood letter saying "I curse you to death". He did not see the suitcase, nor did he know that such a suitcase existed.
At this point, the first wave of the battle of wits and courage between the two accomplices ended in a loss for both sides.
The divine treasure Nobita lost his 100 million yen.
The man in red successfully fooled a group of his accomplices, but lost his life.
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Even though I was tricked by a dead person, it's 100 million yen at stake after all. I can live happily forever if I get it.
Shenbao Daxiong did not give up easily.
After searching aimlessly in the vicinity for a while, he finally set his sights on the Aoi-ya Hotel again - Kamiya Nobita still felt that since the man in red had been to the hotel and left a letter in the hotel, the missing 100 million yen must be more or less related to the hotel.
So after the man in red died, it was the spring of the following year.
Shenbao Nobita changed his clothes and came to Aoiya Hotel to apply for a job.
On the one hand, this place is very close to the Toushen Forest, so if anything happens to the body of the man in red, he can respond in time.
On the other hand, Aoi-ya Hotel provides food and accommodation. At least when Shenbao Daxiong is digging around in the mountains looking for stolen money, he doesn't have to set up a tent in the wild or pay for a room.
In addition, with the cover of the identity of "hotel employee", his behavior of wandering around and digging randomly would not appear suspicious - Aoi Hotel regularly supplies original mountain delicacies, and most of those precious game are dug out by the hotel staff themselves. It is very normal for hotel employees to run around the mountain with shovels.
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After four years of poking and digging in the mountains, Shenbao Daxiong found nothing.
Until a few days ago, when the body of the man in red was found and made the news.
The innkeeper suddenly told his employees during a casual chat at a dinner party that he planned to hire a detective to investigate the situation - because five years ago, the man in red had deposited a suitcase with him.
Upon hearing the news, Shenbao Daxiong was stunned for a moment and almost smashed the hot pot on the boss' face on the spot: This old man is too tight-lipped. For so many years, he never revealed the news that "the man in red deposited his suitcase with him."
Of course, in the end, Shenbao Daxiong did not take action, nor did he secretly kill anyone afterwards.
After all, there were many other employees around at the time. In addition, the innkeeper is different from the man in red - the latter can "commit suicide" silently in the woods, but once the innkeeper dies, Shenbao Daxiong, as an employee, will immediately become a suspect, which is quite risky.
In addition, after a group of people got drunk, Shenbao Daxiong tried to ask a few questions.
Then I found out that the innkeeper was very true to his promise - he had never opened the box that the man in red gave him for safekeeping, so he didn't know that the things in the box were related to the 100 million yen. Maybe he was just curious and wanted to ask a detective to look at the box.
...In short, the situation has not yet reached the point where killing is necessary.
So, after thinking about it, Shenbao Daxiong decided to solve the problem with his brain.
——The innkeeper has poor eyesight and is a little face-blind.
In addition, the signal in the hotel is very average, so the hotel owner seldom watches TV and only reads the newspaper occasionally.
(End of this chapter)
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